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VVfcbhK SIAIL U N I V t K S I I Y The ir" ilPlll !Q)0 I i (Q) i 1 - MONDAY, MARCH 28, 2005 Networking is helpful job-finding skill see page 6 wsusignpost.com VOLUME 67 ISSUE 76 Disqualifications, violations mark first round of elections r . r 1 x ' , 4 2 mk. in VVSU students take the first look at the primary election results posted on the WSUSA office window in the Shepherd Union Building Friday evening. Final elections will run from Tuesday until Friday at noon. By MARIA VILLASENOR managing editor The Signpost Ryan Starks and Umair Rehman advanced into this week's final election competition against each other to be the 2005-2006 student body president at Weber State University. Cassia West was named a final presidential candidate on Friday because Rehman was disqualified. Dallas Bailey, executive vice president and elections committee member, said the only three candidates are allowed into the final elections in cases of ties. Casey Garner, elections chair, said the would discuss the situation with the committee and that she would likely not be in the running. Rehman was disqualified on Friday by the elections committee for violating a bylaw that prohibits campaigning near an active polling place, but was reinstated on Saturday by the WSU Supreme Court. "It just wasn't clarified enough (election bylaws) and I made a mistake, and I agreed Primary Elections presidential position results Ryan Starks 528 Umair Rehman 373 Cassia West 322 Nate Wray 136 Nate Luce 90 to it, but it wasn't anything grand," Rehman said. He said the committee took the extreme step of disqualifying him instead of imposing any fines or other punishment. Bailey said a student who ran during last year's campaigns told the committee that Rehman campaigned in a computer lab. The committee reviewed the situation and.in-a 4-1 vote, decided to disqualify Rehman. "We decided that that had enough influence to actually change election results, and we looked at that before we had seen the final count on any vote," Garner said. "We felt that it was egregious enough that it could actually sway voters to 'affect the outcome." Rehman appealed- the decision to the WSU Supreme Court, which overruled the - previous disqualification. - - Supreme Court associate See Elections page 3 Napoleon Dynamite's campus invasion John Heder speaks to sold-out crowd By BLAIR DEE HODGES asst. news editor The Signpost The applause was deafening as a sold-out crowd of more than 1,700 people anticipated the appearance of Jon Heder, better known as Napoleon Dynamite. "Its kind of good to be back in Utah," Heder said. "I was attending BYU, mostly because Weber State was too far away. But you guys have a killer mascot what was it again?" Heder was born in 1978 in Fort Collins, Colo., and sorry ladies, he is happily married. His family includes one sister and four brothers, one of whom is his identical twin. Maria Waters, a 25-year-old dental hygiene student, and her twin, Melissa Rees, were excited to see the actor in person. "We think it is so great that Weber State offers fun events that people want to go to," Rees said. "And I didn't know he had a twin," added Waters. Heder spoke of how he became interested in making movies while growing up in Salem, Ore. . "Having an identical twin was cool," the actor said. "In elementary school we were really into art, drawing and stuff. P i - -6 J to - .V-;U.: T. 4 l hi 1 ill' V ? ! t i . tit Li f Jon Heder, the actor who played "Napoleon Dynamite'appeared dressed as himself Friday night to speak and answer questions for a sold-out Austad Auditorium. Heder said he doesn't miss the perm he had that transformed him into the geek hero. When my twin and I got into high school, .then we really got into video making. "We were really just goofing around; I made this animation with my Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle toys." It was then that Heder decided he had a love for the filmmaking process and storytelling. His career began at Brigham Young University, where he was a film student. "I didn't really like the technical aspects of filmmaking, the editing and producing, but like most film students at BYU I wanted to graduate and go to L.A. to become a director or something," Heder said. It was. at BYU that he met Jared Hess, writer and director of "Napoleon Dynamite." Hess approached him with a script for a short film called "Peluca." "It was pretty much a very short version of Napoleon Dynamite," Heder recalled, "and I guess it developed a cult following in Provo, and so Jared Hess See Dynamite's page 8 Library undergoes entrance, stairway remodeling By HEATHER HUNT-WOOD news editor The Signpost For years, the concrete walkway outside of the upper west entrance of the Weber State University Stewart Library has remained wet. Every time the snow melts or when it rains, the water pools on the cement slab northwest of the library doors. "We have a problem with the sidewalk and stairs," said WSU university librarian Joan Hubbard. "The water just stays, and the cement is crumbling way." Even though the cement was replaced just a few years ago, the same problem remains the water has nowhere to go and the cement continues to deteriorate. But a permanent solution is under way. Last week, a construction crew set up outside the library and began remodeling the east library entrance. WSU project manager Jim Cox explained the remodeling process. "What's happening right now are the modifications to the east entrance so there will be access to the library when we are tearing down the west," Cox said. "There won't be any time See Library page 5

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VVfcbhK SIAIL U N I V t K S I I Y The ir" ilPlll !Q)0 I i (Q) i 1 - MONDAY, MARCH 28, 2005 Networking is helpful job-finding skill see page 6 wsusignpost.com VOLUME 67 ISSUE 76 Disqualifications, violations mark first round of elections r . r 1 x ' , 4 2 mk. in VVSU students take the first look at the primary election results posted on the WSUSA office window in the Shepherd Union Building Friday evening. Final elections will run from Tuesday until Friday at noon. By MARIA VILLASENOR managing editor The Signpost Ryan Starks and Umair Rehman advanced into this week's final election competition against each other to be the 2005-2006 student body president at Weber State University. Cassia West was named a final presidential candidate on Friday because Rehman was disqualified. Dallas Bailey, executive vice president and elections committee member, said the only three candidates are allowed into the final elections in cases of ties. Casey Garner, elections chair, said the would discuss the situation with the committee and that she would likely not be in the running. Rehman was disqualified on Friday by the elections committee for violating a bylaw that prohibits campaigning near an active polling place, but was reinstated on Saturday by the WSU Supreme Court. "It just wasn't clarified enough (election bylaws) and I made a mistake, and I agreed Primary Elections presidential position results Ryan Starks 528 Umair Rehman 373 Cassia West 322 Nate Wray 136 Nate Luce 90 to it, but it wasn't anything grand," Rehman said. He said the committee took the extreme step of disqualifying him instead of imposing any fines or other punishment. Bailey said a student who ran during last year's campaigns told the committee that Rehman campaigned in a computer lab. The committee reviewed the situation and.in-a 4-1 vote, decided to disqualify Rehman. "We decided that that had enough influence to actually change election results, and we looked at that before we had seen the final count on any vote," Garner said. "We felt that it was egregious enough that it could actually sway voters to 'affect the outcome." Rehman appealed- the decision to the WSU Supreme Court, which overruled the - previous disqualification. - - Supreme Court associate See Elections page 3 Napoleon Dynamite's campus invasion John Heder speaks to sold-out crowd By BLAIR DEE HODGES asst. news editor The Signpost The applause was deafening as a sold-out crowd of more than 1,700 people anticipated the appearance of Jon Heder, better known as Napoleon Dynamite. "Its kind of good to be back in Utah," Heder said. "I was attending BYU, mostly because Weber State was too far away. But you guys have a killer mascot what was it again?" Heder was born in 1978 in Fort Collins, Colo., and sorry ladies, he is happily married. His family includes one sister and four brothers, one of whom is his identical twin. Maria Waters, a 25-year-old dental hygiene student, and her twin, Melissa Rees, were excited to see the actor in person. "We think it is so great that Weber State offers fun events that people want to go to," Rees said. "And I didn't know he had a twin," added Waters. Heder spoke of how he became interested in making movies while growing up in Salem, Ore. . "Having an identical twin was cool," the actor said. "In elementary school we were really into art, drawing and stuff. P i - -6 J to - .V-;U.: T. 4 l hi 1 ill' V ? ! t i . tit Li f Jon Heder, the actor who played "Napoleon Dynamite'appeared dressed as himself Friday night to speak and answer questions for a sold-out Austad Auditorium. Heder said he doesn't miss the perm he had that transformed him into the geek hero. When my twin and I got into high school, .then we really got into video making. "We were really just goofing around; I made this animation with my Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle toys." It was then that Heder decided he had a love for the filmmaking process and storytelling. His career began at Brigham Young University, where he was a film student. "I didn't really like the technical aspects of filmmaking, the editing and producing, but like most film students at BYU I wanted to graduate and go to L.A. to become a director or something," Heder said. It was. at BYU that he met Jared Hess, writer and director of "Napoleon Dynamite." Hess approached him with a script for a short film called "Peluca." "It was pretty much a very short version of Napoleon Dynamite," Heder recalled, "and I guess it developed a cult following in Provo, and so Jared Hess See Dynamite's page 8 Library undergoes entrance, stairway remodeling By HEATHER HUNT-WOOD news editor The Signpost For years, the concrete walkway outside of the upper west entrance of the Weber State University Stewart Library has remained wet. Every time the snow melts or when it rains, the water pools on the cement slab northwest of the library doors. "We have a problem with the sidewalk and stairs," said WSU university librarian Joan Hubbard. "The water just stays, and the cement is crumbling way." Even though the cement was replaced just a few years ago, the same problem remains the water has nowhere to go and the cement continues to deteriorate. But a permanent solution is under way. Last week, a construction crew set up outside the library and began remodeling the east library entrance. WSU project manager Jim Cox explained the remodeling process. "What's happening right now are the modifications to the east entrance so there will be access to the library when we are tearing down the west," Cox said. "There won't be any time See Library page 5